Meryl Streep’s performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady has seen critics run short of superlatives, but there’s one person it hasn’t impressed: Norman Tebbit, one of Thatcher’s staunchest supporters and a man who was a member of her party cabinet between 1981 and 1987. The former Conservative party chairman and trade and industry Meryl Streep Fails to Impress Thatcher Colleagues …
More here:
Meryl Streep Fails to Impress Thatcher Colleagues in ‘The Iron Lady’

LONDON (Reuters) – Actress Meryl Streep unveiled a poster in London on Monday promoting her upcoming big-screen portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which one early review described as “magnificent.” When details of the screenplay became public over a year ago, Thatcher’s children were quoted in the press as being “appalled” at the concept. Questions were also raised as …